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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

2K Announces DLC for The Bureau: XCOM Declassified

08:00 EDT Wednesday, June 19, 2013

2K and 2K Marin, makers of BioShock® 2, announced
post-launch downloadable content plans today for The Bureau: XCOM
Declassified that will see the title supported with updates
beyond its August 20, 2013 North American release date. The
narrative-driven add-on content will expand the declassified origin
story of the clandestine XCOM organization and will be available on the
Xbox 360 games and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3
computer entertainment system and Windows® PC. The first DLC pack will
be available exclusively to Xbox 360 players.

Players that pre-order The Bureau: XCOM Declassified will receive a bonus mission called "Codebreakers," as well as a powerful Light Plasma Pistol to start the game. (Photo: Business Wire)

NEW YORK (Business Wire) -- “We take great pride in our track record of providing high-quality
post-release content for our games,” said Christoph Hartmann, president
of 2K. “We will continue to expand the XCOM universe by telling original
stories set in the paranoia-drenched Cold War era of The Bureau.”

“The alternate 1962 universe that we've created for The Bureau
is vast and there are many more stories to tell about the early days of
XCOM,” said Morgan Gray, development director at 2K Marin. “We're
excited that our stories will provide a new perspective on the war
effort, much like how our critically acclaimed Minvera's Den
DLC for BioShock 2 allowed us to present a unique
perspective of Rapture.”

Players who pre-order The Bureau through any of the
participating retailers will receive a bonus campaign side-mission
called “Codebreakers.” In this mission, a top secret government
communications facility responsible for intercepting and decoding the
enemy's transmissions has gone radio-silent. In a desperate attempt to
turn the tides of the secret war, Special Agent Carter and his squad
must make contact with personnel in order to bring the facility back
online, eliminate any threats, and decrypt the mysterious code.

In addition to the Codebreakers side-mission, those who pre-order The
Bureau through GameStop will receive the Light Plasma Pistol as
an exclusive in-game item. Early Bureau research into outsider weapons
technology has yielded promising results in the form of a prototype
light plasma pistol. Not as bulky as its Outsider predecessor, this
compact weapon fires condensed bolts of plasma and boasts a vastly
improved rate-of-fire, giving players an early edge in the secret war
for humanity's survival.

The Bureau: XCOM Declassified is rated M for mature by the
ESRB and will be available on August 20, 2013 in North America and
August 23, 2013 internationally for $59.99 SRP on the Xbox 360 console,
PlayStation 3 system and Windows PC. For more information, please visit Facebook,
the official web site: http://erasethetruth.com,
or 2K Marin's website: http://www.2kmarin.com.

The year is 1962, JFK is President and the Cold War has the nation
gripped by fear – but a far more powerful and insidious enemy than
communism is threatening America. Known only to a select few, a
top-secret government unit called The Bureau begins investigating and
concealing a series of mysterious attacks by an otherworldly enemy. As
special agent William Carter, players call the shots, pull the trigger
and lead their squad in a gripping third-person tactical shooter set
within a high-stakes, covert war to protect humanity. The Bureau has
been erasing the truth for decades. The time will come for the truth to
be revealed.

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About 2K Marin

Founded in 2007, 2K Marin designs and develops games under the 2K
publishing label. Currently working on The Bureau: XCOM
Declassified, the as yet untold tale of XCOM's cold war era
origin, 2K Marin is also well-known for developing BioShock 2
and bringing the original BioShock to new platforms.
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